GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |